MN66 : "Udayin, there are these four types of people to be found existing in the world. Which four? There is the case where a certain person is practicing for the abandoning & relinquishing of acquisitions. As he is practicing for the abandoning & relinquishing of acquisitions, memories & resolves ...

We're still in agreement here! I think you are right in that anicca is fundamental. But even if it weren't, that wouldn't mean that the noble truth of Dukkha is somehow vitiated. Saying that impermanent things are unsatisfactory doesn't mean that they wouldn't be unsatisfactory even if they were pe...

... Finally, asking "who acts" or "who chooses" is off target as well; it is wrong attention to ask this and seek an answer to this. There is just choice and consequence, cause and effect, conditionality, that is to say, with X as condition, Y... Self-doer is a convention, a way of speaking. There ...

Thanks all for your prompt reply. I'm thinking if abstaining is the same as repressing? There is a story where a meditator goes to a secluded area, practising there for years, pretty much gives up his life as lay people. Until one day he comes back to his daily life, all his defilements come back t...

As long as their faith of God is not shaken, the refugee camp stand still. What's that mean? Does it mean that as long as they don't lose faith in God, they won't leave the religion? It means their equanimity is heavily dependent on their believe in God. And without genuine insight, it won't be as ...

Constantly mindful of submitting whatever to God's will seems like an easy an effective tool for equanimity. No? No. Constant submitting and praising of some so-called being is a master-servant relationship where you are the servant, i.e., slave. The master is some delusional being with huge ego an...

Maybe in a general sense if one uses the general definition of the word as the "quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure." But not equanimity in the Buddhist context which is obviously dependent upon the Buddha's teaching. Anyway, that kind of thinking sounds to me like clinging to views ...

upekka (equanimity) - not even discussed in most denominations and sects of the Abrahamic religions. There is little to no talk of going beyond the base emotions to any mental cultivation or transcendental realm where one is not trapped or held by certain emotions. The other religions with their te...

Imo, the difference between the 3 types of equanimity is based on the content of one's thought not the mental state. For example in a road accident, if one's clothing was ripped off and forced to walk naked to the nearest gas station to seek help, one first realized the situation as unfavorable when...

Not quite, i understand the term as possessing the ability to remain still during unfavorable situation. If there is equiminity then one is not in an unfavorable situation, one is clearly seeing this moment as it is. Unfavorable suggests aversion/reactivity to this moment as it presents itself, thi...

Hi M Well can you give me an example for household equanimity? The way I understand: Household equanimity is free from attachment and aversion but predominantly ignorant. None Ariya in Jhana with equanimity also predominant with ignorant but suppressed attachment and aversion. :thinking: One of the...

IMO, it is more appropriate to regulate the tetrads in regards to circumstances and purposes rather than following a fix line and time. Could you say a bit more about how that works for you in practice - do you mean doing different tetrads on different days, for example? Certainly not different day...

Each tetrads have their own purpose and my personal view is as such: The first tetrad is merely instructing one to recognize any stress/discomfort through the theme of the breath and body posture then proceed to reset them until one finds it soothing. The point of the 2nd tetrad infers increasing on...

Indian background... Their concept(s) of God seems more fluid than the singular Abrahamic God. We can say, according to the Dhamma, that these sorts of gods are only samsaric fairies, and of little importance. I think Mkoll made a good point about the fluidity. In Hinduism, Brahman (ब्रह्मन् brahma...